Reply-To mess opinion [was Re: Unicode on a non-Unicode web page]

From: Mark Leisher (mleisher@crl.nmsu.edu)
Date: Fri Sep 08 2000 - 12:47:16 EDT


Look out! Hot button political issue! Delete if uninterested in opinion.

    John> And I even more humbly request that it *not* be reinstated. Rather
    John> than reiterating the arguments, I will point to Chip Rosenthal's
    John> "Reply-To Munging Considered Harmful" at
    John> http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html , which is hereby
    John> incorporated by reference, as the lawyers say.

Totally unconvincing aside from possibility of problems introduced by munging
(some might argue this is another sign email has become over-complicated).

    John> In the interests of fair play, I will also point to Simon Hill's
    John> "Reply-To Munging Considered Useful" at
    John> http://www.metasystema.org/essays/reply-to-useful.mhtml .

Not only simpler and logical, it just feels right.
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